ghsa-54j7-px5q-9wrr
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud
The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:
------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82! Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP Dumping ftrace buffer: (ftrace buffer empty) Modules linked in: CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0 lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0 [...] Call trace: page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0 __page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108 pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160 collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080 hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590 khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8 khugepaged+0x338/0x518 kthread+0x278/0x2f8 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [...]
Since pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn't check if a pmd is leaf, it decrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page(). and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.
Fix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in pmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for pud_user_accessible_page() too.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49778"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:00Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud\n\nThe page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82!\n Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP\n Dumping ftrace buffer:\n (ftrace buffer empty)\n Modules linked in:\n CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750\n Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0\n lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0\n[...]\n Call trace:\n page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0\n __page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108\n pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160\n collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080\n hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590\n khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8\n khugepaged+0x338/0x518\n kthread+0x278/0x2f8\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n[...]\n\nSince pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn\u0027t check if a pmd is leaf, it\ndecrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page().\nand so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.\n\nFix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in\npmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for\npud_user_accessible_page() too.",
"id": "GHSA-54j7-px5q-9wrr",
"modified": "2025-05-01T15:31:46Z",
"published": "2025-05-01T15:31:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d458046df634088611d44fd77f45465e833ef78"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b47348fc0b18a78c96f8474cc90b7525ad1bbfe"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
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